Underworld close wettest ever Bestival

With a storming set on the main stage

Underworld brought the main stage to a triumphant close at Bestival last night (Sunday) with a headline set that will be long
remembered by the party faithful.

Despite rain and wind lashing the Robin Hill site on and off throughout the weekend, tens of
thousands of determined revellers stuck it out for the Sunday night, many still in fancy dress.

Headliners
Underworld failed to disappoint with a faultless set of
their greatest hits, including 'Dark And Long', 'Two Months Off' and an extended, pumped up version of
crowd favourite 'Born Slippy', which closed the performance.

Before that, George Clinton and Parliament
Funkadelic flooded the stage with their funk collective of more than 20 band members.

They drew in a huge
crowd although some festival goers preferred to mud wrestle in a pool of sludge, which had gathered
in the middle of the audience.

On stage things were almost as crazy. One band member was dressed only in a large man
nappy, while the flashily George Clinton prowled the stage and mesmerised the crowd with his growling
lyrics.

Perhaps summing up the Bestival spirit, he chanted: "It would be ludicrous to think
that we are new to this. This is what we do." At one point he also had the crowd chanting the words "poo
poo", a sign of how hypnotised the enraptured audience had become.

It was surely in part thanks to
Roni Size's Reprazent, who had the Bestival massive jumping their way through the afternoon beforehand.

Laying
down a lesson in drum'n'bass, the Bristol collective tore through their back catalogue with some poignant messages
of the unity, ones that Bestival has come to symbolise during its five year history.

Other
highlights from the final day included Australian synth rockers Midnight
Juggernauts in the Big Top and the Kate Bush-sounding Cock'N'Bull Kid on the BBC
Introducing Stage.

While the mud was as bad as at any point throughout the weekend, Bestival goers made sure the
party carried on long until the final moments, in a fitting way to see out summer.